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OU coach Stoops still hot over bad call

By Alyson Brodsy and Jeff Latzke · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 12:32 a.m.

NORMAN, Okla. -- A phone call from Oregon coach Mike Bellotti was nice, but it did absolutely nothing to soothe Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops over an incorrect officials' ruling that likely cost his team a victory over the Ducks.

Toss it in: Cornhole named new fall intramural sport

By Brian Buckey · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 12:26 a.m.

It's almost impossible to walk through student neighborhoods without seeing students flinging colored beanbags through the air, trying to land them in or around a small hole carved in a wooden board.

Fundamentals the focus in practice

By Jake Brown and Jacob Brown · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 12:24 a.m.

IU's wide receivers struggled in last weekend's 35-28 loss to Southern Illinois University. The group dropped multiple passes as the sluggish IU offense struggled to maintain consistency throughout the game.

Returning to the dome, Saints a little wary of the hype

By Alyson Brodsy and Brett Martel · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 12:14 a.m.

NEW ORLEANS - The game is so big, it'll require two stadiums. Two NFL commissioners will be there. Two internationally renowned rock bands will play in the Louisiana Superdome shortly before kickoff.

Poor defense kept Colt starters on field

By Alyson Brodsy and Michael Marot · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 12:13 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Colts coach Tony Dungy tried to get his starters out of Sunday's blowout in the fourth quarter. Houston didn't give him a chance.

IU drops out of top 25 rankings

By Michael Sanserino · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 12:12 a.m.

Call it a freefall. The IU men's soccer team plummeted from No. 9 to unranked in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll released Tuesday. The Hoosiers didn't receive a single vote in the poll.

U. Michigan game to 'catch illegal immigrants'

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:40 p.m.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan's chapter of Young Americans for Freedom is planning a "Catch an Illegal Immigrant" game on campus for next week.

Bookstore offers alternative options

By Matt Cunningham · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:38 p.m.

Students in 32 different classes this semester received an unusual request when professors required them to buy textbooks from Boxcar Books. The nonprofit business, which is run solely by volunteers, has been increasingly involved in the community since arriving about four years ago.

Students publish law journal

By Peter Stevenson · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:37 p.m.

Several students in the School of Education had a problem last year -- they worked hard to research and write term papers but had nowhere to publish them. None wanted their hard work to go to waste, so the students took matters into their own hands, starting an education journal titled "Law and Disorder".

Group mentors new students

By Nick O'Neill · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:36 p.m.

A new student group is looking to mentor black students as they adjust to life at IU. Leaders of the Academy for Achievers, which has several chapters across the nation, came to campus this spring and are now trying to establish themselves and make a large impact at IU.

Prosecutor refuses to drop case against man who allegedly threatened to kill, cook his wife

Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:31 p.m.

ELWOOD, Ind. -- A prosecutor refused a woman's request that he drop attempted murder charges against her husband, who she and police said beat her in front of their infant son and threatened to cut up her body and cook it.

Hospital to compensate families of drugged infants

By Alyson Brodsy and Deanna Martin · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:30 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Methodist Hospital has offered to financially compensate families of two premature infants who died after being given an overdose of a blood thinner, the hospital CEO said Tuesday.

Mayor hears concerns about safety from residents

By Paige Ingram · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:30 p.m.

An April 18 shooting in Bryan Park spawned a citywide study into the public safety of Bloomington at large.

Monroe County Fall Festival starts Thursday

By Michael Reschke · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:28 p.m.

The Monroe County Fall Festival will return Thursday for its 44th nonconsecutive year. There is no entry fee to the three-day festival, which will feature two stages for live entertainment, a parade, rides from Pic-A-Chic farms of Bloomington, a cruise-in car show and fireworks displays.

For whom the road tolls

By Alyson Brodsy and Brian J. McFillen · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:20 p.m.

This weekend, I received a surprise when my parents, lifelong Republicans, announced they were planning to vote for Ohio's Democratic candidate for governor, Ted Strickland. Why? Besides the fact that Republican candidate J. Kenneth Blackwell was generally too conservative for them -- as a friend once put it, he's a "God conservative," while my family and I are "economic conservatives" -- one big issue was playing on their minds. Blackwell wants to lease the Ohio Turnpike to a foreign consortium, Macquarie-Cintra. You Hoosiers might have heard of it.

Truck you

By Abby Schwimmer and Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:19 p.m.

Picture this: In the quiet hours of the early morning, your SUV rumbles over the rough terrain. Its 10-cylinder engine propels you through a deep ravine, one so rugged only the most ridiculously huge of vehicles can pass.

GOP advocates fence along Mexican border

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:14 p.m.

According to a Sept. 14 New York Times article, House Republicans have announced they will back a proposal that would require the Bush administration to build 700 miles of two-layered, reinforced fence along the Mexican border with the United States. This is one of many bills regarding border control the Republicans have promised to push through the House before the midterm elections.

A Species In Silence

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:05 p.m.

There is an epidemic developing at IU. It's not cholera or influenza or even alcohol poisoning. No, this new disease is much more terrifying and is capable of transforming the human race into monosyllabic -- or worse -- nonvocal members of the animal kingdom: self-isolationism! That's right. It seems as though IU students are cutting themselves off from meeting people or developing new friendships. Want evidence? Look around you right now: How many people are silent and using an electronic device? If you happen upon one of those mutated by this disease (or are one yourself), our columnists will help you identify just exactly what you're dealing with.

Steven Irwin memorial at Australia Zoo Wednesday

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 10:51 p.m.

BEERWAH, Australia -- More than 5,000 people, including the Australian prime minister, are expected to cram the "Crocoseum" at the Australia Zoo Wednesday to say farewell to "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin at a memorial service.

City-owned art collections in California: vast, varied and sometimes forgotten

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 10:50 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO -- For a city boasting Rodins and Munchs in its public collection, the basement of Building 30 at San Francisco General Hospital is no place for art. Steam pipes lattice the ceiling, the dust on rusting file cabinets thickened by the years.